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Request for Proposal
DMDII-17-01 Digitally Enabling the Supply Chain
Technology Thrust Area: Agile, Resilient Supply Chain
Revision 1.0 Release Date: 4 August 2017
POC: Scott Kruse
Project Innovation Engineer Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
Issued By:
Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute 1415 N Cherry Ave Chicago, IL 60642 [email protected]
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Table of Contents 1 Record of Change .................................................................................................................................... 3
2 Project Call Purpose ................................................................................................................................ 4
2.1 Key Dates ........................................................................................................................................ 4
2.2 Submission Information .................................................................................................................. 4
3 Project Evaluation Criteria ....................................................................................................................... 4
4 Request for Proposal Summary ................................................................................................................ 5
5 Project Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Travel Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 7
5.2 Period of Performance Requirements ........................................................................................... 8
5.3 Funding Requirements ................................................................................................................... 8
6 Request for Proposal Questions & Answers............................................................................................. 8
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1 Record of Change
Version Date Sections Description
1.0 4-August-2017 Original
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2 Project Call Purpose Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) Request for Proposals are issued to
address research and development needs in digital design and manufacturing technology that are
aligned with the technical objectives of the DMDII (also referred to as the Institute). This Request for
Proposal (RFP) is a description of a specific technology objective. A separate document, the Proposal
Preparation Kit (PPK), offers detailed instructions for the Proposal development, format and
submission instructions. The Proposal Preparation Kit (DMDII_17-01_and_17-
02_Proposal_Preparation_Kit_(PPK)_1.0_8.4.2017) can be found here.
2.1 Key Dates
Phase 1 Key Event Dates
Request for Proposals released August 4, 2017
All Project Participants are DMDII Members October 2, 2017
Technical and Cost Proposals due October 2, 2017
Selection notices provided October 31, 2017
Phase 2 Key Event Dates
Initial review of Enterprise Award Agreement November 20, 2017
All clarifications/negotiations on SOW and Cost Proposal complete November 20, 2017
Project Awarded December 19, 2017
Project Kickoff Meeting January 19, 2018
*Phase 2 Dates are Estimates
2.2 Submission Information Each project team which is planning on submitting a Proposal to this Request for Proposal must submit
their Technical Proposal and Cost Proposal no later than 12:00PM Central Time, October 2, 2017.
All Submissions should be made electronically to [email protected]. Please include the RFP
designation (e.g., “DMDII-17-<xx> – <RFP Title> - <Offeror Name> - <Proposal Title>”) in the subject line
of the email.
3 Project Evaluation Criteria DMDII’s primary goal is to apply digital manufacturing technologies to solve business problems. To this
end, successful proposers must demonstrate an understanding of both the business needs as well as the
technology solutions. Proposals should provide a crystal clear explanation of the problems that are to be
solved, and how the project success will benefit the manufacturing organizations.
Each Proposal is evaluated by a specific set of criteria. The PPK defines a general list of Technical
Proposal evaluation criteria, all of which are applicable to this RFP.
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Evaluation Criteria Points Available
Requirements Compliance 0-5 Points
Problem Statement and DMDII Relevance 0-20 Points
Methodology 0-30 Points
Technology Transition Plan and Impact to Industrial Base 0-15 Points
Team Qualifications 0-10 Points
Program Management Plan 0-15 Points
Cost Factors 0-5 Points
Total Points Possible 100 Points
4 Request for Proposal Summary Industry has long expressed interest in the use of model-based methods and digital thread capabilities to
unlock breakthrough productivity improvements across the supply chain. The automation of critical
information flows such as exchange of product and procurement data and reporting of key quality
measures, can enhance supply chain visibility and improve performance of the overall enterprise. Within
the manufacturing industry, however, there is a large majority of parts produced prior to advancement in
digital capabilities. These legacy parts present a unique challenge with non-relational 2D documents and
separate manufacturing specs currently stored in fragmented, non-standard formats which prevent digital
transmission across the supply chain. This is in comparison with greenfield (new development) products
where there is an opportunity to comply with model based definition techniques from concept to end-of-
life. Legacy parts and supply chain operations present barriers to practically realizing the benefits of digital
technologies, including those enabled by model based definition, and despite significant investment in
technologies, standards, and tools, the utilization of digital methods in the supply chain remains
fragmented.
This project call seeks to create a roadmap and set of playbooks -- minimally one for Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and one for Small/Medium Manufacturers (SMMs) -- to guide the implementation
of digitally-enabled supply chain practices and technologies. Successful projects will examine and define
the current state and desired state of digitally-enabled supply chain practices and technologies across the
design and manufacture supply chain, including networks comprising both large OEMs and SMMs. The
team should work directly with SMMs and OEMs to identify their pain points and current practices to
evaluate high impact supply chain practices and identify crucial information flows to identify on a roadmap
the high-value gaps in technology that are preventing the realization of a digitally enabled supply chain.
The team should identify the financial incentives for organizations to implement the specific steps within
the playbooks to help further the adoption of the playbooks themselves. The team will need also need to
review the current state of model-based technology solutions and standards such as STEP AP242, STEP
AP203, STEP AP214, JT, and QIF that may affect how data is created, transferred and consumed by entities
within the supply chain. Additionally, projects should take into account both legacy and greenfield
products. Projects should evaluate high impact supply chain practices and identify crucial information
flows supporting those to define a digitally-enhanced roadmap that makes maximum use of available
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technologies, tools, and standards for information exchange.
Projects should consider recent and ongoing research at DMDII (see list below) and other relevant projects
from DoD, NIST and standards organizations, to identify opportunities to leverage, connect or
complement these projects with new research that will bridge the gap between the current and desired
state. Serious consideration must be given to real-world constraints among the SMM community,
including limited access to technology and working capital due to the very high degree of business
fragmentation, nearly non-existent R&D budgets, and very thin operating margins. Successful proposals
will plan to take these conditions into account to propose a set of follow-on project calls that aim to fill
the high-value gaps in the roadmap and unblock the largest OEMs to the smallest SMMs from reaping the
productivity benefits of digital model-based technology.
The team should leverage current and previous project efforts that affect the data flow within a supply
chain, to assist in connecting the dots to formulate recommendations and the roadmap. A few of such
efforts are:
• DMDII 14-06-01: Supply Chain Model Based Enterprise and Technical Data Package Improvement
• DMDII 14-08-01: Integrated Design and Manufacturing Models with Metrology
• DMDII 14-10-01: AVM Standards Development and Promulgation
• DMDII 14-02-02: Mind the Gap – Filling the Gap between CAD and CNC with Engineering Services
• DMDII 15-11-08: Capturing Product Behavioral and Contextual Characteristics through a Model-
Based Feature Information Network
• DMDII 14-06-05: Operate, Orchestrate and Originate (O3)
• DMDII 14-01-10: Elastic Cloud-based Make
• DMDII 15-16-02: Democratizing the Model based Domain from Design to Verification: Automatic
Generation of Optimized CMM Programs on the DMC
• Information sharing and exchange in the context of product lifecycle management: Role of
standards
• Analysis of Standards for Lifecycle Management of Systems for US Army --- a preliminary
investigation
In developing the roadmap and playbook of recommendations for digital technology implementation,
the team should analyze what organizations (SMMs and OEMs) can reasonably accomplish given the
practical constraints. Teams can then develop playbooks of steps for large and small organizations to
create a digitally enabled supply chain. The playbooks should be developed in a fashion to increase
accessibility and ease of integration into the Digital Manufacturing Commons.
The roadmap and playbook shall aim to address the pain points identified by DMDII industry members.
Such use cases which address these pain points include but are not limited to:
• As a supply chain manager, I want to have suppliers confirm they have the latest specification or
drawing to make sure they are shipping the correct part.
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• As an OEM supply chain manager, I want one location where any supplier submits documents so
I can easily retrieve them with no duplication of data entry and so approval workflow is visible.
• As an SMM I want to provide feedback on new parts so I can help and OEM reduce their part costs
and streamline manufacturing.
A successful project team will have the following representation:
• Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
• Small & medium manufacturing organizations (SMMs)
• Software providers
• Model based definition subject matter experts
• Supply chain subject matter experts
Project Deliverables:
• A roadmap for methods, standards and technology implementation and adoption for SMMs and
OEMs to create a more efficient supply chain through the utilization of model-based methods.
The roadmap should minimally include:
o Baseline of the current state of digital supply chain practices and extent of
information exchange in support of that, including standards and tools
o Identification of the desired state for industry at large
o Gaps identified and necessary steps to get to the desired state
o Solutions for handling legacy product data and new product data
• A playbook for SMMs listing recommendations and prioritized steps in the current context/reality
for SMMs to incrementally realize the future model-based supply chain and to traverse the
roadmap created by this project.
• A playbook for OEMs listing recommendations and prioritized steps in the current context/reality
for OEMs to incrementally realize the future model- based supply chain including legacy parts and
to traverse the roadmap created by this project.
• Technology development recommendations for future DMDII projects based on identified gaps
and the unique assets available through the membership consortium.
DMDII anticipates choosing one team to complete this project, however, we reserve the right to work
with the proposing teams to modify scope and readjust the project teams to best suit this effort. DMDII
anticipates working directly with each of the team members to manage scope, timeline, contracting, etc.
5 Project Requirements
5.1 Travel Requirements Proposals should include funding for three trips per year for two people for presenting to the DMDII
membership. These trips may be for travel to UI LABS or to another location at the request of DMDII
(e.g., a conference, workshop, showcase, etc.). For estimation purposes, use Chicago, IL as the
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destination.
5.2 Period of Performance Requirements Proposed projects should be no more than twelve (12) months in duration. Please note that projects are
initiated once an Enterprise Award Agreement is signed, therefore, the project duration must include
the subcontracting of all project participants between the Lead Organization and the Project Participants.
5.3 Funding Requirements The DMDII anticipates awarding 1-2 projects for up to $500,000 per project, not inclusive of expected
cost share, under the DMDII-17-01 RFP. Final award amounts will be adjusted accordingly based on
Proposals received and subsequent evaluations. This project requires a minimum 1-to-1 Cost Share
in aggregate by each Offeror team.
6 Request for Proposal Questions & Answers Interested parties may submit questions to [email protected]. All new questions and answers received
may be posted here.
